R-Bar stands in for Agent Pride's Tru Tone Bar in NCIS New Orleans.
Locations From NOLA Film
By Rebecca Fox
A couple of years ago, I was entertaining some out-oftown friends and recommending the usual restaurants, museums, and music venues, but the only place they kept asking about visiting was the Lafayette Cemetery #1, because it was the site of several scenes from their favorite TV show The Originals. While I am not a huge fan of photographing cemeteries (that’s for another article), I did see the appeal of visiting somewhere made famous by the big screen. 32
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Locals get to enjoy the Marigny watering hole without the bloodshed. It’s easy to take so many things in New Orleans for granted, including the hundreds of glorious backdrops for television shows and movies that have been filmed here. A few months ago, I visited Natchitoches, Louisiana, and of course had to pass by the Steel Magnolias house, but I wondered what our equivalent to that was. There are almost too many to name! A new trend popping up in NY and LA is to have “pop-ups” with sets from different shows that people can pose with (think Friends and Schitt’s Creek), but that isn’t necessary with so many perfect sets just, well, sitting around. Here are my top spots for both visitors and locals alike to get pictures with their favorite film locations: The R Bar – Pride’s Tru Tone Bar – NCIS: New Orleans: “Tru” fans of the recently wrapped show have probably noticed that Scott Bakula’s
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